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    Lazy Lama looks at Living without fear and anger
    Lazy Lama looks at Living without fear and anger
    Lazy Lama looks at Living without fear and anger
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    Lazy Lama looks at Living without fear and anger

    By Ringu Tulku

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    For most of us, expressing anger and being on the receiving end of anger are commonplace experiences. We normally don't give too much thought to how it impacts upon others or how we ourselves are affected. Here Ringu Tulku shows how fear prompts anger and how our protective self righteousness can prevent us from recognising the suffering of

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBodhicharya Publications CIC
    Release dateFeb 1, 2023
    ISBN9781915725066
    Lazy Lama looks at Living without fear and anger
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    Ringu Tulku

    Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters including HH the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa and HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He took his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim and Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India. He served as Tibetan Textbook Writer and Professor of Tibetan Studies in Sikkim for 25 years.Since 1990, he has been travelling and teaching Buddhism and meditation in Europe, America, Canada, Australia and Asia. He participates in various interfaith and 'Science and Buddhism' dialogues and is the author of several books on Buddhist topics. These include Path to Buddhahood, Daring Steps, The Ri-me Philosophy of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, Confusion Arises as Wisdom, the Lazy Lama series and the Heart Wisdom series, as well as several children's books, available in Tibetan and European languages.He founded the organisations: Bodhicharya - see www.bodhicharya.organd Rigul Trust - see www.rigultrust.org

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      Lazy Lama looks at Living without fear and anger - Ringu Tulku

      LAZY LAMA LOOKS AT

      Living without fear and anger

      RINGU TULKU RINPOCHE

      Number 5 in the Lazy Lama series

      First Published in 2005 by

      Bodhicharya Publications

      24 Chester Street, Oxford, OX4 1SN, United Kingdom.

      www.bodhicharya.org email: [email protected]

      Text © Ringu Tulku

      Ringu Tulku asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. Please do not reproduce any part of this book without permission from the publisher.

      ISBN 978-1-915725-06-6

      Second Edition. 2013.

      First transcribed by Brigit Habetz.

      Edited by Andy Powers 2005.

      Typesetting & Design by Paul O’Connor at Judo Design, Ireland.

      Cover Image: ©Paul O’Connor

      Internal illustrations: Andy Powers

      Lazy Lama logo: Dr Conrad Harvey & Rebecca O’Connor

      Editor’s Preface

      This is the fifth booklet in the uniquely relaxed Lazy Lama series. It is based on a talk given by Ringu Tulku Rinpoché at Kagyu Benchen Ling in Freiburg, Germany, 1998, at the invitation of Chime Rinpoché and his students.

      We would like to thank Ringu Tulku himself for the simple but profound wisdom contained in this booklet. It is wisdom that is much yearned for and much needed in our world at this time.

      Andy Powers

      2005

      Living without fear and anger

      People often ask me how Buddhist teachings can help them in their day-to-day lives. What is there in the ancient teachings of the Buddha that can be of relevance to our modern world? The Buddha taught how it is possible to find peace and happiness despite the many problems we face in our lives, and, in particular, how we can deal with our negative emotions. In Buddhist scriptures these are sometimes described as mind-poisons, because they can poison our whole outlook on life. How can we stop this from happening?

      In this small booklet, I will discuss ways in which we can learn to deal with two of the most destructive mind-poisons, ones which are very closely linked with each other: fear and anger. To begin with let’s look at anger and what we can do when we get angry.

      Fighting injustice and anger

      Many people believe that anger isn’t always negative and that, in certain circumstances, it is actually good to be angry. I’ve had many debates over the years with people who say that without anger we wouldn’t have the energy to fight injustice, and it’s sometimes difficult to argue that this view is completely wrong. However, from the Buddhist perspective, being angry is never positive, because when we are taken over by anger we lose our self-control and our capacity to make well-judged decisions.

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